Whales and dolphins can't taste anything other than salt.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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A newborn Chinese water deer is so small, it can (almost) be held in the palm of a hand.
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Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
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The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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